Georgia farm report, vol. 05, no. 03 (2005 March 31)

GEORGIA FARM REPORT

March 31, 2005 Volume 05-Number 03

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Poultry Summary Livestock Slaughter

Cold Storage Agricultural Prices

HIGHLIGHTS Peanut Stocks Catfish & Trout Production

Land in Farms

Cotton Ginnings

Honey Production

EGGS IN INCUBATORS, UNITED STATES--FEBRUARY 1, 2004-2005

Item

2004

2005

% of Year Ago

--Thousands--

--Percent--

Chickens, Egg Type

27,540

30,520

111

Chickens, Broiler Type

629,525

636,126

101

Turkeys, All Breeds

30,695

28,139

92

[Results from the m onthly Chicken and Egg Report and the m onthly Turkey Hatchery Report].

POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT--JANUARY 2004-2005 January thru January

Item

2004

2005

% of year ago

2004

2005

% of year ago

--Thousands--

--Percent--

--Thousands--

--Percent--

Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.) 1/

Broiler Type

6,269

6,811

109

6,269

6,811

109

Egg Type

198

164

83

198

164

83

Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type

Georgia

111,320

119,894

108

111,320

119,894

108

United States

759,773

773,970

102

759,773

773,970

102

Chicks Hatched - Egg Type

Georgia

2,500

2,519

101

2,500

2,519

101

United States

33,499

35,350

106

33,499

35,350

106

Turkeys Poults Placed 2/

United States

25,389

23,273

92

119,834

113,828

95

[Results from the m onthly Chicken and Egg Report and the m onthly Turkey Hatchery Report]. 1/ Dom estic placem ents as reported by leading breeders includes expected pullet replacem ents from eggs sold during the preceding m onth at the rate of 125 pullet chicks per 30 dozen case of eggs. 2/ A ccum ulated turkey poults placed are Septem ber 1 to current m onth.

NUMBER OF LAYERS AND EGG PRODUCTION DURING JANUARY 2004-2005 1/

Number of Layers

Eggs per 100 Layers

Total Eggs Produced

2004

2005

2004

2005

2004

2005

--Thousands--

--Number--

--Millions--

GEORGIA

Hatching

9,107

9,171

1,889

1,875

172

172

Table

11,286

11,503

2,242

2,234

253

257

Total Georgia

20,393

20,674

2,084

2,075

425

429

UNITED STATES

Hatching

58,848

57,929

1,849

1,823

1,088

1,056

Table

282,062

279,963

2,234

2,259

6,301

6,324

Total U.S.

340,910

337,892

2,168

2,184

7,390

7,380

[Results from the m onthly Chicken and Egg Report]. 1/ Totals m ay add due to rounding.

ALL LAYERS AND EGG PRODUCTION: ANNUAL AVERAGE NUMBER OF LAYERS, EGGS PER LAYER, AND TOTAL EGG PRODUCTION BY GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES, 2004-2005 1/

State

Average Number of Layers

2004

5004

Eggs per Layer 2/

2004

2005

Total Egg Production

2004

2005

--Thousand--

--Number--

--Million Eggs--

GA US 3/

20,473

20,442

243

337,380

335,368

257

247

4,967

5,047

259

87,179

87,196

1/ Annual estim ates cover the period Dec 1, previous year thru Nov 30. 2/ Total egg production divided by average num ber of layers on hand. 3/ Sum of States m ay not add to U.S. total due to rounding.

USDA/NASS COOPERATING WITH THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER 1/--DECEMBER 2004 AND JANUARY 2005

Item

Dec

Jan

% of Last Month

January to Date

--Thousands--

--Percent--

--Thousands--

Young Chickens

Georgia

103,141

104,155

101

104,155

United States

715,407

726,279

102

726,279

Mature Chickens

Light Type, U.S.

5,932

5,838

98

5,838

Heavy Type, U.S.

5,497

5,487

100

5,487

Total U.S.

11,429

11,325

99

11,325

Percent Condemned Young Chickens

--Percent--

--Percent--

Georgia

0.97

0.72

0.72

United States

0.93

0.93

0.93

1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection Program .

LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER--UNITED STATES 1/, JANUARY 2004-2005

Number Slaughtered

Average Live Weight

Species

2004

2005

2005 as % of 2004

2004

2005

--Thousand Head--

--Percent--

--Pounds--

Cattle

3,007.0

2,571.0

86

1,268

1,249

Calves

93.7

79.0

84

318

336

Hogs

8,785.5

8,785.7

100

268

269

Sheep & Lambs

238.8

219.2

92

133

141

1/ Includes slaughter under Federal Inspection and other com m ercial slaughter, excludes farm slaughter.

Total Live Weight

2004

2005

--Thousand Pounds--

3,814,305

3,210,574

29,764

26,541

2,352,762

2,362,374

31,856

30,833

Species
Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep
1/ Preliminary.

NUMBER OF HEAD SLAUGHTERED--BY SPECIES, COMMERCIAL AND FARM, UNITED STATES, 2004

Total Commercial

Farm 1/

Total Slaughter

--1,000 Head--

35,493.4

154.0

35,647.4

1,000.8

38.0

1,038.8

100,930.7

112.0

101,042.7

2,978.8

63.5

3,042.3

Commodity
Eggs, Frozen Meats, Red
Beef, Frozen Pork, Frozen Poultry, Frozen Peanuts, Shelled Peanuts, In Shell Pecans, Shelled Pecans, In Shell

SELECTED COLD STORAGE STOCKS--UNITED STATES, JANUARY 31, 2005

Jan 31, 2004

Dec 31, 2004

Jan 31, 2005

% of Jan 2004 % of Dec 2004

--Thousand Pounds--

--Percent--

15,340

18,036

21,386

139

119

1,015,168

878,958

961,199

95

109

482,419

395,084

435,610

90

110

512,657

470,656

510,724

100

109

1,179,573

966,703

943,870

80

98

284,978

221,475

267,545

94

121

12,504

17,074

13,365

107

78

37,681

17,992

22,370

59

124

99,229

141,037

187,266

189

133

Commodity

Price per Unit

PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--FEBRUARY 15, 2005

Georgia

Feb 2004

Jan 2005 Feb 15, 2005 Feb 2004

United States Jan 2005 Feb 15, 2005

Cotton

/Lb

43.90

63.10

61.40 1/

46.50

62.50

61.60 1/

Cottonseed

$/Ton

3/

101.00

104.00

110.00

127.00

140.00

Peanuts, In Shell 2/ /Lb

3/

20.30

3/

19.60

20.70

21.30

Calves

/Lb

90.60

103.00

105.00

97.20

110.00

110.00

Beef Cattle 4/

/Lb

50.80

59.50

59.70

73.90

80.90

77.80

Cows 5/

/Lb

38.80

48.30

47.20

38.90

46.10

46.20

Steers & Heifers /Lb

72.10

82.20

81.80

78.20

85.40

81.60

[R esults from the m onthly Prices Received by Farm ers]. 1/ Based on sales during the first half of the m onth. 2/ Includes additional loan peanuts at loan value. 3/ Insufficient sales to establish a price. 4/ "Cows" and "Steers and Heifers" com bined. 5/ Beef cows and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter.

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INDEX NUMBERS, UNITED STATES

2004

Jan

Feb

UNITED STATES (1990-92= 100)

Prices Received

100

99

Prices Paid

126

128

Ratio 1/

79

77

[Results from the m onthly Prices Received by Farm ers]. 1/ Ratio of index of prices received by farm ers to index of prices paid.

Jan
111 130
85

2005

Feb
113 130
87

STOCKS OF PEANUTS AND SPECIFIED PRODUCTS AT MONTH'S END, UNITED STATES--2005 1/

Farmer Stock Equivalent

Month Ending Farmer Stocks Shelled Peanuts 2/ Roasting Stock (In Shell) Shelled Peanuts

Total 3/

--Thousand Pounds--

Jan

1,514,778

486,762

45,372

647,393

2,207,543

[R esults from the P eanut Stocks and P rocessing R eport]. 1/ E xcludes stocks on farm s. Includes stocks owned by or held for account of C C C in com m ercial storages. Farm er stock on net weight basis. 2/ Includes shelled edible grades, shelled oil stock, and shelled seed (untreated). 3/ Actual farm er stock, plus roasting stock, plus shelled peanuts x 1.33.

TROUT--SALES OF FISH 12" OR LONGER, GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES

Number Sold

Pounds Sold

Average Value per Pound

Value of Sales

2003 1/

2004

2003 1/

2004

2003 1/

2004

2003 1/

2004

--Thousand--

--Dollars--

--Thousand Dollars--

GA

160

105

215

125

2.46

2.90

529

363

US

50,191

45,941

54,401

50,716

1.08

1.09

58,492

55,361

[Results from the Trout Survey]. 1/ Revised.

CATFISH--NUMBER OF OPERATIONS, WATER SURFACE, AND TOTAL SALES, GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES

Number of Operations

Water Surface Acres

Total Sales

State

Jan 1, 2004 1/

Jan 1, 2005

Jan 1, 2004 1/

Jan 1, 2005

2003 1/

2004

--Number--

--Acres--

--Thousand Dollars--

GA

43

30

960

750

1,411

1,372

US

1,161

1,117

187,200

177,790

411,413

424,925

[Results from the Catfish Grower Survey]. 1/ Revised.

NUMBER OF FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS, GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES 2001-2004

Number of Farms

Land in Farms

State

2002

2003

2004

2002

2003

--Number--

--Thousand Acres--

GA

49,200

49,300

49,300

10,850

10,800

US

2,148,630

2,135,360

2,126,860

942,070

940,300

[Results from the June Agricultural Survey].

2004
10,800 938,750

NUMBER OF FARMS: ECONOMIC SALES CLASS BY GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES, 2004

Economic Sales Class

$1,000 - $9,999 $10,000 - $99,999 $100,000 - $249,999 $250,000 - $499,999 $500,000 & Over

--Number--

GA

32,200

10,800

2,000

1,800

2,500

US

1,199,270

600,530

167,230

86,550

73,280

[Results from the June Agricultural Survey].

Total
49,300 2,126,860

LAND IN FARMS: ECONOMIC SALES CLASS BY GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES, 2004

Economic Sales Class

$1,000 - $9,999 $10,000 - $99,999 $100,000 - $249,999 $250,000 - $499,999 $500,000 & Over

--1,000 Acres--

GA

3,700

2,800

1,100

1,100

2,100

US

124,780

270,055

196,145

150,135

197,635

[Results from the June Agricultural Survey].

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Total
10,800 938,750

COLONIES OF BEES: PRODUCTION, PRICE AND VALUE, GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES, 2003-2004 1/

Georgia

United States

Item

Unit

2003

2004

2003

2004

Honey Producing Colonies

1,000 Colonies

50

52

2,574

2,590

Yield per Colony

Pounds

52.0

65.0

66.7

69.9

Honey Production

1,000 Pounds

2,600

3,380

171,718

181,096

Stocks Dec. 15

1,000 Pounds 2/

52

270

39,393

40,735

Avg. Price per Pound

Dollars 3/

1.130

1.280

1.327

1.404

Value of Honey Production 1,000 Dollars

2,938

4,326

228,338

255,791

[R esults from the Bee and H oney Inquiry]. 1/ For producers with 5 or m ore colonies. 2/ Stocks held by producers. 3/ U.S. price weighted by survey expanded sales.

COTTON GINNINGS: RUNNING BALES GINNED PRIOR TO FEBRUARY 1, BY CROP, SELECTED STATES, AND UNITED STATES, CROP YEARS 2001-2004 1/

Crop and State

2001

2002

2003

All Cotton

AL

531,500

901,450

565,200

GA

1,620,000

2,152,850

1,544,250

SC

357,300

403,550

125,500

US

16,627,250

19,532,450

16,576,250

[Results from the Cotton Ginnings Report]. 1/ Excluding Linters.

2004
798,250 2,052,950
309,900 17,620,400